NGC 5368

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Galaxy
NGC 5368
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Big Bear
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 13 h 54 m 29.1 s
declination + 54 ° 19 ′ 50 ″
Appearance
Morphological type (R ') SABab:  
Brightness  (visual) 13.1 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.9 likes
Angular expansion 0.9 '× 0.8'
Position angle 10 °
Surface brightness 12.6 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.015531 ± 0.000067  
Radial velocity 4656 ± 20 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(213 ± 15)  ·  10 6  ly
(65.4 ± 4.6)  Mpc 
history
discovery William Herschel
Discovery date April 14, 1789
Catalog names
NGC  5368 • UGC  8834 • PGC  49431 • MCG  + 09-23-014 • IRAS  13526 + 5434 • 2MASX  J13542914 + 5419507 • GC  3707 • H  III 786 • h  1706 •

NGC 5368 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBab in the constellation Great Bear in the northern sky . It is around 213 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 55,000 light years .

The object was discovered on April 14, 1789 by William Herschel .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 5368
  3. Seligman